Tiwi College News
Term 2, 2014
Athletics Day
By Sila Pati
Editor: Bronny Burger
Inside this
issue ...
 Athletics Day
Highlights
 Mini-Fete
 Red Dust
 Jilamara Art
Excursions
 New Staff
 Love at Picka
 Classroom and
FGH news
The Athletics Carnival was held this term on
Wednesday, 4 June, 2014. It was a fantastic
day where both staff and students came
together to compete in their house colours
with some outstanding efforts from students
who did their house proud to get points.
Congratulations to the following students Other students who deserve a mention for
who were Age Champions of Tiwi College their continued effort and never say die
attitude throughout the day were U/12 Boys
2014.
Mark Apuatimi, U/12 Girls Frances Fernando;
U/12 Boys - Tyson Tipuamantamirri
U/14 Boys Anthony Lee and U/14 GirlsDeanne Austral; U/16 Boys-Lancy Miller and
U/12 Girls - Una Kerinauia
U/16 Girls-Shania Puruntatameri and Mona
U/14 Boys - Frazer Tipungwuti
Mungatopi.
U/14 Girls - Christina Puruntatameri
A special thanks must go out to the tremenU/16 Boys - Kyle Wilson
dous effort by Mr Neil, Mark, Bocko and the
Senior Boys for marking out the field, the
U/16 Girls - Arthurina Moreen
Red Dust Crew for their assistance and the
U/18 Boys - Demetrius Puruntatameri
staff who were officials on the day… thank
U/18 Girls - Bobette Minniecon
you for your time and effort.
Open Boys - Steven Puruntatameri
With final results in winning students will be
heading into Darwin next term to compete in
Open Girls - Natalie Lorenzo
the District Athletics Competition next term.
…and to Red House as our Winners for 2014. To all those students good luck and keep
breaking those records and having fun.
Books in Homes
By Lindy Chippendale
Tiwi College
Pickataramoor
Melville Island
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Ph: (08) 8970 9024
Fax: (08) 8970 9025
Postal address:
LMB 127
Winnellie NT 0822
Principal: Ian Smith
[email protected]
Our students were very excited again this
term to receive their three books from
the Books in Homes Catalogue. There
were some fantastic titles to choose from
including old favourites like ‘Snugglepot
and Cuddlepie’. The outstanding favourite
for the Middle School and Senior girls was
Cathy Freeman’s inspiring book ‘Born to
Run’ which tells the story of how she
became an Olympic champion. A massive
thanks to the Hayden-Reynolds project
for supporting the Books in Homes program which enables our students to have access to
such valuable reading materials in their homes.
News
Red Dust kicks up the dirt
By Middle School Girls
During week eight of this term, Red Dust role models
came to Tiwi College for one week. The crew members
were Sam the team leader, Brendon the Olympian, Beth
the Nutritionist, Chris the musician who ran the music
workshops and Dave the cameraman who filmed.
Over the week Beth taught the students about healthy
eating, what’s good for your body and what’s bad. Brendon, who ran in the London Olympics, helped the students with their running skills for the athletics carnival.
Chris worked on a Tiwi College music video and encouraged us to sing at our best while Dave filmed the students singing and acting.
The Red Dust role models helped our staff run the field events for our athletics carnival and they even ran in a
relay. It was great to have them here at the College working with our students. We hope to see them again one
day soon.
Meet new staffer -Bocko
Bangs to Fiji
By Latina and Kathleen
By Tictac
What is your name? Ryan ‘Bocko’ Bockman.
The senior young women would
like to wish Bangs a safe and
happy holiday with his grandparents Aliti and Filipe. Have fun on
your first overseas adventure in
Fiji.
Where are you from? Albury, NSW.
Where were you born? Albury, NSW.
What is your job at Tiwi College and why did you
come here? My job is working in the Garden. I came to
the College for work and fishing.
What do you enjoy about the Tiwi Islands? I enjoy
fishing and working with the students and staff at the
College.
Rest Peacefully M.G.
Do you have any brothers or sisters? I have three
brothers.
What is your favorite
AFL team? The Hawks.
Do you have a favorite
food? Seafood.
Have you been to other parts of the Northern Territory? Yes.
What music do you
like? Aussie hip hop.
Where is your favorite
place to go? Europe.
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The Tiwi College community would like to send our
deepest condolences to the Galarla family on the loss
of one of our students. She was a quiet young lady
who had much to offer. She was loved by many and
memories of her we will cherish forever. You are not
alone at this sad time. Our thoughts and prayers go
out to you all.
Rest peacefully M.G. and watch over us.
Love always and forever, your Picka family.
Tiwi College Newsletter: Term 2, 2014
News
Term 2, 2012
FGH Mini Fete
By Nadine
As a result of our newly structured life skills program, the FGH Mini Fete was formed. This term we targeted the
‘head’ which focuses on skills such as planning/organizing, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, critical thinking and record keeping. Having the students run their own stalls perfectly targeted all of these life
skills. In week 1 we gave the students the opportunity to decide as a group what ‘special’ item they would like
for their FGH and that they could fundraise for. This provided the students with the motivation to get involved
and get excited about this new program.
From there the students were divided into two groups, ‘accounting & finance’ and ‘marketing & advertising’.
The accounting team was responsible for the budget, creating a shopping list within the budget and designing a
price list that would ensure a profit was made. The marketing team had to come up with a name for their stall,
design signs and write announcements to advertise their stall.
It was clear all students thoroughly enjoyed the night and the process, which provided a new, fun & exciting
way of learning outside the classroom.
I liked the cakes that we baked
and the bags of sour straps and
salty plums. I went to other stalls
and bought some drinks from
FGH3, lamington balls from FGH6 .
It was the most exciting night I
ever had.
Mona Mungatopi FGH4
The Mini Fete was something new for me. I
would like to see more happen in the future.
The thing I liked most about the Fete was seeing kids enjoy themselves.
I also enjoyed working as a team with my
Family Group Home members to run our
Games Stall.
Curtis Tipiloura FGH1
I enjoyed selling plant hangers,
sweets and helping out. I also
enjoyed shooting hoops at the
FGH1 stall.
Maudie Minniecon FGH6
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From the Principal
Awuna
This term we have been challenged as a Picka Family.
When looking at our students, the maintenance of an
excellent attendance rate and an improvement in behaviour this term displayed a sign of the school culture
maturing and our students moving to another level of
commitment to their studies and programs that we
offer. We still have a way to go – but we are definitely
on the right path. It’s during these challenging times
that the culture of a team is tested and I think this
term we passed the test with flying colours.
With so many of our community passing away – it has
brought feelings and commitments that obviously
makes schooling less important. The Tiwi way has always been family first and we hope that we have
offered enough support and assistance to our students
and our extended Picka Family during these times of
mourning. To our community, on behalf of our staff, I
would like to say “sorry for your loss” and hope time Term 3 is already looking to be a very exciting one for
lends a healing hand.
our students, with the Queensland incentive trip for
Unfortunately, some of our staff have had some per- the Middle School Girls, the Sydney Writing Week for
sonal challenges also. Throughout the term we have our Senior Girls, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
had staff absent for health reasons. In the past, staff week, Scotch College exchange for the Middle School
absences have created a strong ripple effect through Boys, VET Construction week for the Senior Boys, Aththe school and the students’ behaviour was adversely letics trips and AFL Football opportunities. Time for me
affected. I’m glad to inform our community that this to sign up as a mature aged student I think!
simply wasn’t the case this term. Team Tiwi stepped
up, helped and cared for one another during these
testing times and also took on extra roles to ensure the
routine for our students who remained. In many ways
it reminded me of Hawthorn and Geelong. Their winning structures are clearly in place and with players
injured – others are able to fulfill a role and maintain
their standards. This is simply an indicator of a great
team we have at Picka.
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I hope that all of our Tiwi College Community has a
safe and restful Bush Holiday in country – from
Jamurlampi through to Samoa!
We look forward to seeing all of our students back for
a wonderful term 3.
Mana
Ian Smith
Tiwi College Newsletter: Term 2, 2014
From the Assistant Principal
Term 2, 2012
Well, what can I say term two has just been one of those terms. Unbelievably busy, with so much going on in
terms of public holidays like Easter, Anzac Day and the Queen’s Birthday, funerals, ceremonies, visitors coming
from interstate and overseas, plus there were also a lot of staff out due to illness and Professional Development. With all of this I am proud to say how lucky I am to be working with supportive and encouraging staff,
who are able to step up to the challenges of disruption to the school calendar. These included the following;

Visits to the Jilamara Art Centre by the Senior Boy’s Class, Middle School Classes and the Primary
School Class.

Drive Safe NT coming into the school to do the student/staff Provisional Licenses.

Naplan Testing with the Primary/Middle School cohort.

Our first Junior Tiwi Land Council Meeting amongst our Student Representative and the Tiwi Corporates.

Our regular visits from Sister Anne and Kevin Doolan.

The former Aboriginal Affairs Minister Phillip Ruddock came to visit us along with NTOEC working with
the Senior Girls.

Our first FGH Fete which was a huge success. The FGH staff and students working together on a business venture.

We had a Taracumbie Picnic Trip for the school community. A lovely day out for the staff and students.

CSIRO arrived to the college to work with both the Senior Classes and also did a bit of field work collecting data and analysing work samples.

A huge sincere thank you to the Red Dust crew for their Health and Music Program and their assistance throughout the week with the Reading Program and during the Athletics Carnival. I appreciate
everything that they did in making my job easier throughout the week.

The Athletics Carnival was another fantastic day where both staff and students enjoyed the day with
an awesome effort by students to participate in the events for the day. Congratulations to the Age
Champions and to Red House as our House Winners for 2014. A tremendous effort by Mr Neil, Mark,
Bocko and the Senior Boys for marking out the field and to the Red Dust Crew for their assistance
throughout the day/week.

The Girls Footy Grand Final win making it three years straight for Tiwi College as the Tiwi Islands
Women’s Community Football Champions in 2014. Well done to the girls and to Ms Tash as the ‘Never
say Die Coach’ who consistently trains the girls throughout the semester and has enforced a code of
discipline amongst the girls to train hard, play hard, understand the concept of Respect towards others and look after themselves both on and off the field.
It certainly has been one busy term and yet again, I owe it to
the Picka Community for stepping in at various times
throughout the semester to assist me in making my job easier to do what I can, to look after our Picka Community. I
thank you all for yet another semester, for being there when
it counted. To be here for the common goal of helping our
students, to guide them, to support them, to listen to them,
to also discipline them, but to tolerate them, to respect them
and lastly to be here for them.
Mana
Sila Pati
Tiwi College Newsletter: Term 2, 2014
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Primary School
This term we have been very busy. In between
holidays, funerals and excursions the primary school
students have been studying poetry, spelling, reading,
patterns, shapes and graphing. They have learnt about
the planets, created a class timeline and learnt skills
used in a circus.
Some of the highlights of the term have included class
trips to Milikapiti Art Centre, an athletics carnival and
our class sleepover.
Some of the students have shared their perspectives
on the term below. Enjoy!
Stephanie Mackenzie and Isadore Fernando
I like break time because I
play with my friends and I
like reading and writing.
Talei Ravula, 5 years old
Last week the primary school went to
Milikapiti art and crafts. Us primary school
kids painted on bark. We saw Pedro Wonaeamirri but before all that happened we
went out bush a little bit and looked at the
special tree where the special bark came
from. I painted a beach and a turtle.
We also had our Athletics carnival. We had
races, field events like shot-put, discus, long
jump and high jump. I ran in the relay. Red
house won the Athletics Carnival.
Matty Larkin, 9 years old
Last week we learnt about planets, Earth
and the Sun. We also learnt about the
moon. The Earth has one moon but some
planets have 20 or more. We have 8 planets and 1 dwarf planet called Pluto, together that’s 9. We get day and night from
the sun and the moon. The earth spins
round and round, it rotates every day and
it orbits the sun every year.
I learnt how to read.
Kevin Fernando, 7 years old
Jasmine Cunningham, 11 years old
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Tiwi College Newsletter: Term 2, 2014
Middle School Young Women
Term 2, 2012
Numeracy
Literacy
This term we’ve been learning about
decimals, fractions, percentages, and
timetables. We have been adding
simple fractions and doing place value, two digit multiplication and improper and mixed fractions. We also
played maths games using the mini
white boards, and computer work using the program Mathletics where we
can play math’s games against the
Middle School Boys class.
During the term we have been
learning about persuasive writing
techniques. Our class made posters for our teachers. We had to try
and persuade them to buy our
products. In class we have been
looking at the topic ‘should racism
be in sport?’ where we each wrote
a speech and then presented
them to our class, house parents
and teachers.
By Rebecca and Christina
By Mona, Freda and Tahleea
Middle School Young Women have been working hard this term learning about persuasive writing and the
relationship between decimal, percentages and fractions. The girls have continued working on their history
projects including the Lake Mungo discoveries and their first speech on ‘Should racism be in sport?’
We have had the opportunity to work with Jilamara Art Centre in Milikapiti, where the girls learnt from local
artists about their culture. We saw the return of Red Dust role models who taught the girls how to record music
and worked with the girls in their PE lesson. We also had a visit from politician Philip Ruddock and his wife.
In the later part of the term we saw Gladys return to work after a long battle with illness. The girls were very
excited to see her back in the classroom and it has been great seeing Gladys back mentoring these young
women.
Gladys and Melina look forward to the return of all our girls for some exciting activities in term three.
Melina Davidson and Gladys Puruntatameri
Science
History
This term in science with Miss
Anne we have been learning about
The Rock Cycle and the three
different types of rocks (Igneous,
Metamorphic, and Sedimentary).
We also watched short video clips
on The Rock Cycle. We have been
learning about tectonic plates and
earthquakes and how it affects the
earth and people. We have been
looking at how the moon affects
the earth and its tides. We’ve been
working on volcanoes as well as
seeing how scientists study volcanoes. In homework we have learnt
about gravity. Sir Isaac Newton
thought of the idea by seeing and
apple fall from a tree.
In history we have been
learning about dinosaurs,
mega fauna, dreamtime
and the first Australians. I
learnt about dinosaurs,
what they ate and how
they became extinct. They
ate lizards, eggs or mammals and plants. We also
studied a place called Lake
Mungo. They found Mungo
Lady, Mungo Man and
footprints. Mungo Lady
and Mungo Man are perhaps the most important
human remains ever found
in Australia.
By MC and Dorothea
By Jasmine and Sarah
Tiwi College Newsletter: Term 2, 2014
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Middle School Young Men
By Middle School Boys
This term in the Middle School Classroom we have had lots of fun learning new and exciting things. Our favourite thing this term has been enjoying a swim at the Pickataramoor Creek, after long days of hard school work.
In Literacy this term we have been learning about racism and how to express our views through argumentative
writing. We read an article in the NT News about Cosmos Munkara and how he was racially abused when playing football in country Victoria. After reading the article we did a brainstorm on, ‘why racism should be
stamped out of sport’. From our brainstorm we chose three arguments to use in an essay. We used the three
arguments to create three paragraphs and added an introduction and conclusion to finish the essay.
In Numeracy we have learnt about fractions. We now know that the numerator is the top element of a fraction
and the denominator is the bottom. We also learnt that when the denominator is the same on two fractions we
can add and subtract them. We have also been working hard to learn our times tables and use this knowledge
for division.
In Science we have been learning about rocks and the different rock forms. We have learnt about sedimentary,
metamorphic and igneous rocks. We are also planning on making model volcanoes to simulate a volcanic eruption.
In History we have continued on from term one, learning about Ancient Egypt. This term our focus has been on
the Egyptian Gods. The ancient Egyptians had lots of different Gods, who they believed in for different things.
Thanks to our teachers Josh, Aussie, Neil, Steve and Sila for teaching us this term. We appreciate your hard
work and hope you have a great bush holiday.
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Tiwi College Newsletter: Term 2, 2014
Senior Young Women
Term 2, 2012
This term the Senior Young Women knuckled down and worked hard both in and out of the classroom to
complete assignments and have many glorious wins in sporting competitions. Well done to all of you again on
that winning teamwork in the 9 a side footy comp! Once again you put on an amazing show of talent and skill.
It is not just the sports arena though that the girls should be congratulated on. Both Tictac and I are incredibly
proud of everything the girls achieved academically over the term. This term marks the first time that some of
their NTOEC subjects have been completed in the allocated timeframe of one semester. Well done Senior
Young Women you are continuously pushing yourselves and breaking new ground and it is not going unnoticed.
Make sure you give yourself and each other a well deserved pat on the back, you can be proud of everything
you have achieved this term and enjoy a well deserved holiday break.
Tictac and I wish you all a happy and safe bush holiday. Collect all those stories you love to tell and we love to
hear, and we will see you back in term three for another rewarding term and who can forget… another book
writing expedition in Sydney!
Bronny Burger and Dianne (Tictac) Moore
English - Jessie
This term we have been reading and watching the film of
Whale Rider. We had to write dialogue and journal articles
that were based on the film. Our last assignment was an oral
that we presented to the class on a career of our choice. During the week we also get new spelling words and play games.
Maths - Ella and Shania
Each day in maths we do mental maths, speed and accuracy
and problem solving. This term the year 11/12s have been
working on Numeracy for Construction learning geometry,
volume, area and perimeter. In Year 10 we have been learning about money and after we finish our money tasks we play
a little maths game.
Geography - Kimberley
In geography this term we have been learning about all the
different countries and playing a quiz to learn as many as we
can. We learnt about maps and how to read them and find
different locations using latitude and longitude.
Child Studies - Juliette
This term we have been working with the kids. We played
games with the kids putting red stickers on bad things and
green stickers on good things and then we took photos. We
then used these photos to make posters and powerpoint
presentations on child safety.
Reading Group - Dellarosa
This term we finished our book Riding the Black Cockatoo by
John Danalis. It had lovely parts when John and his dad returned the skull that had been sitting in their house back to
the land of the Wamba Wamba country. He met some people
and elders from the Murray River. Next term we start our
new book.
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Senior Young Men
Term two was an exciting term on a number of fronts for the senior boys’ class; we kicked off the term with a
number of new students joining the senior boys’ cohort from both the mainland and the Tiwi Islands. These
boys assimilated well into our new program adding a new enthusiasm to the class.
The practical component of the SEDA program began in week 3 of the term, where the boys started their work
experience component. Each Thursday the class split into groups and officiated in the Healthy Lifestyles Cup
Women’s football competition for the woman of Tiwi Islands. Alongside the local sport and recreation officers
the boys helped to coach and umpire the teams and games in the competition, this culminated with a number
of boys officiating in the Grand final match.
By Steve Wilson and Mark Tunmuck
Senior Young Men VET
Fire Awareness Course
Another busy term for the Senior Boys in VET
(Vocational Education and Training). The pergola at the
Art room has now been completed, providing much
needed shade for students to work outside and enjoy
the fresh breeze. The boys did a fantastic job and are
now, with the help of Mr Neil, planning for the next
project down at Picka Creek.
Three of our students were invited to attend a Fire
Awareness Course at Yapalika, Forestry in the last week
of May. The three boys represented the College well,
displaying a mature and enthusiastic attitude throughout the day. They sat in with adult Forestry workers
who were also taking the course and learnt the theory
and practical aspects of working safely with fire. The
plan is for some of our students to follow this up with a
block of work experience in the near future.
Working at heights
During Week five CDU trainer Brad Shepard came in for
his third week of training for Certificate II Construction
Pathways. The boys learnt how to work safely at
heights using harnesses, hard-hats and correct techniques for using a ladder. A valuable lesson and one
that will hopefully help keep them safe when they
move into the workplace.
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Workshop
In the workshop the boys have been extending their
skill set to include operating power saws and other various power tools. The accuracy and quality of their
work is improving rapidly.
Neil Chippendale
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Hayden Reynolds Garden
Term 2, 2012
Term two has been a great period for the garden and
we have seen a lot of changes. We saw Jason leave for
university in Sydney for the remainder of the year and
his replacement Ryan Bockman begin. With the excellent wet season we have had this year we have seen
the garden thrive with large amounts of fruit and vegetables being distributed to the family group homes.
This term the garden has seen quite a few visitors. Just
recently we had two Macquarie IT technicians come to
Picka to sort out the computer network issues. The
week was filled with different activities including a trip
to the Art Centre for a day, a fishing trip down at
Goose Creek before an afternoon swimming at Taracumbi falls.
The chooks have been a bit of a talking point this term
to say the least, with high demand we have decided to
increase the amount of chooks to hopefully keep everyone happy. They are a major part of our garden setup and never go to waste.
Earlier this term we had the Senior Boys VET class assist us in the marking out of the athletics track. Despite
a bit of stray paint the track was excellent, a credit to
them all!
We are now looking forward to term three as we have
just planted a large amount of vegetables including;
tomatoes, lettuce, bok choi, capsicum and many more.
Have a safe bush holidays and we look forward to seeing everyone after the break.
The Garden Crew
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Art Excursions
I like to go to Jilamara because I like painting
bark and I like to look at all the artists painting. I
liked seeing how they made the bark for
painting and I like culture dancing. I got painted
up for dancing by Freda’s grandma and Jasmine’s mum.
M. Clancy
I like to go to Jilamara because I like
painting on bark. I liked the museum, especially seeing Pedro Wonaeamerri’s
paintings. I got to meet Pedro Wonaeamerri and he was really nice.
Matty Larkin
On Wednesday in week 7 and 8 we
went to the Jilamara Art Centre,
Milikapiti to learn about our Tiwi culture. We had our faces painted by the
artists, we danced our cultural dances,
made head bans and explored the museum and Tiwi art. We worked with
some of the Tiwi artists including Pedro Wonaeamirri, Maureen Brooks,
Aileen Puruntatameri, Patrick Freddy
Puruntatameri and Glen Farmer.
The second time when we went to
Milikapiti we went out bush to collect
some bark from the trees. We learnt
how to get the bark from the trees
which we took back to Tiwi College so
we could paint our own Tiwi designs.
Sherayn and Maudie
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Tiwi College Newsletter: Term 2, 2014
Term 2, 2012
Art
Arthurina Moreen
Deanne Austral
Maudie Minnecon
Kathleen Cunningham
Mona Mungatopi
MC
Tiwi Land Council and Jilamara Art Centre
helped co-ordinate Tiwi Elders to teach
fibre crafts, ochre and bark painting, and
dancing to students at Tiwi College at
Milikapiti this term. Senior Boys have
helped paint the Hospo doors.
Roslyn Brown & Rachel Puruntatameri with Primary students at
Jilamara Art Centre at Milikapiti. Passing on the Culture.
ART
Ceremony
face
painting
with ochre
Senior Boys have been busy painting up the doors from Hospitality Lounge.
The designs have been created from the Middle School Girls.
Tiwi College Newsletter: Term 2, 2014
Stingray
by
Daniel
Dixon
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AFLNT School of Excellence
With the Michael Long Academy opening next
year in Darwin, remote kids will have the best
opportunity ever to follow a football pathway all
the way to the AFL. With this in mind, term two
has seen increased fitness amongst the boys and
there has been a steady improvement in the way
they have approached football training. As a reward for their efforts 20
of our students recently travelled into Darwin for the end of semester
football trip.
Staying at Kormilda College some of our students felt right at home. But we
didn’t spend much time there, going to the movies, the wave pool, the customary shopping trip to Casuarina, and the highlight of the trip which was
the day spent at Wongai Falls in Litchfield National Park. Most of the lads
braved the cold water and mixed with the tourists and I think Emilio and
Maurice have new grandmothers. Even more impressive was that the
whole group completed the 2km walk
around and over the top of the falls, except for Kingy who was still recovering
from his morning tea of chicken & chips.
We also had a bit of a footy match against Kormilda who split their kids into
two teams. Tiwi College comfortably defeated the first team but disillusioned
by not playing a normal match, as well as a bit of fatigue, saw the second
Kormilda team turn the tables. Most importantly, the games were played in
good spirit and we are looking forward to possibly hosting Kormilda later this
year.
In other football news some of our Tiwi College students had the opportunity
to play at representative level. Lincoln Pupangamirri and Frazer Tipungwuti
were both in the best three players in the u14 remote team that defeated the
u14 Darwin team and Curtis Tipiloura made the squad of 30 for the NT Thunder 16 & under state side. Now with semester one over, the bush
holidays are a great time to recharge the batteries and come back
fresh for semester two when we will be going on an interstate
excursion for our reward trip.
Ian Brown
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Growing Young Women’s Program
Term 2, 2012
This term the GYW Academy was the biggest for the
year so far with the Tiwi Islands women’s 9 a side com- The premiership third quarter was just that – a confidently strong effort by all of the girls with some brilpetition.
liant speed by Kimberley Cunningham along the wing
The consistent and full numbers at training was fantas- to kick a goal, and a solid midfield keeping the ball up
tic and the most dedicated we have had so far this into our forward line. Under penetrating pressure, our
year. The hard work put in at training reflected the very experienced backline was fantastic in defence.
season, as we faced only one loss on our road to the
Our last quarter demonstrated everything we had
Grand Final.
worked towards in our training sessions with fitness
On Thursday, 5 June, 2014 the Grand Final Day was and discipline and with some brilliance by Jess Stassi
held over at Wurrumiyanga against Xavier College. The and Sherayn, Tiwi College stamped their dominance
whole school travelled over to watch the girls aim for a this season once again, coming away with the three
third consecutive premiership. It was also a great turn- peat premiership!
out by the Xavier College supporters, so it set the stage
A big thank you must go out to Tictac and Tippa for
for a great contest.
standing in to train the girls when I was away and to all
First quarter saw a fiercely even competition between those who helped with driving and umpiring. We are
the two teams, ending with close scores. In the second lucky to have such a supportive community here at Tiwi
quarter, Xavier pulled out some easier turnovers and College!
goals, however the girls still held their own with great Natasha Bennett
teamwork, sitting ahead at half time.
The Growing Young
Women would like to
thank our super coach
Tash Bennett for helping us win our 9 a
side grandfinal, now
three times in a row.
Also a big thank you
to everyone for pitching in this term.
Caitlyn Moreen
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Athletics Day
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Interview with a Staff Member
Who am I?
Term 2, 2012
What is your nickname? Shoota.
Where are you originally from? Adelaide, South Australia.
What is your job here at Tiwi College? Principal &
husband (second one is much easier!).
Why did you decide to work at Tiwi College? I love
the Tiwi people, it was the right time with Ashby
wanting to go to boarding school…and it was a bit of a
sad time at the College and I could hear the hurt in
Clancy’s voice… so I wanted to try to help in some
way.
Where was your first date with Annie? The RendeWhat do you like about Tiwi Islands? The Tiwi people. vous Restaurant, 34 Langtree Avenue, Mildura!
When did you start going bald? I was about 35 – 40
How old were you when you had Ashby and Rehn?
years old.
Ashby 28, Rehn 31.
What colour was your hair when you were younger? What was your favorite movie when you were a kid?
Really blonde hair – almost white!
True Grit.
Tell us the story when you first laid eyes on Annie
Why do you love the Hawks? I had a couple of really
Well… I spoke to her at a sports game and liked the
good mates from Adelaide go over and play for them.
way she talked – really peaceful. I liked the whole
I always made sure I watched the Hawks on TV and
package! She lived with my best mate so I kept on
looked out for them… and I got hooked.
coming up with excuses to come over so I could keep
Who is your favorite player and why? Paul Puopolo –
bumping into her. Then at school (we both taught at
he simply gives 100% effort for 100% of the game. I
the same school) I had a year 8 science class just at
the time Annie was walking over to the pottery room love watching him chase down and tackle players who
are bigger and stronger than him. It shows that you
to check the kilns… so I came into the class grumpy,
can be a very basic type of player – but if you work
made the kids a bit frightened and made them do
heaps of writing. With the class quiet I sat at the back really hard at being the best of what you do – you can
of the class and watched Annie walk back and forth, it live the dream!
was the favourite part of my week! Just watching her What’s the weirdest thing you have ever eaten? Soap
made me feel good and at peace. After doing this for a – after my Mum heard me swear!
while I got my mate to put in a good word for me and
I asked her out.
By Middle School Girls
Circus Mayhem
By Jess Stassi
In the last week of term the Senior
Young Women and staff were invited
to go to the Primary School Circus.
The circus was a huge success with
loads of activities including; juggling,
skipping, magic tricks and hula
hoops. Congratulations to Miss
Steph and all the primary school students for a fun and very exciting day.
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Trips, excursions and activities
Scotch College adventures with
Tiwi College
On Saturday, 14 June, nine Scotch College boys, along with two staff and an old Scotch boy arrived at Tiwi College for a cultural exchange with the Tiwi College Middle School Boys. They started their visit with a swim at
Taracumbi Falls followed by a game of touch footy with the Tiwi College staff in the afternoon. While at Tiwi
College they spent a day fishing and talking about Tiwi culture with Tiwi cultural men JR Pilakui and Greg Orsto
at Jessie River. Over the course of their week long stay, they did different things with the Middle School Boys
and the two cultural men. The Middle School Boys look forward to their up coming trip to Scotch College next
term in August.
By Aussie Wonaeamirri
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Term 2, 2012
Family Group Homes
Family Group Home Co-ordinator’s Report
As semester one is about to come to pass; I take this
time once more to acknowledge the traditional owners
of the Tiwi Islands both past and present. I also
acknowledge all parents of our Tiwi College boarding
students. Entrusting your children into our care has
been an honourable and humbling experience. I sincerely thank you all.
Most of our FGHs are filled to capacity. Girls continue
to come in good and consistent number. Boys on the
other hand tend to be irregular in attendance with a
few consistent ones. It is my joy to announce that
there have been marked general improvements in areas of behaviour and attitude this term.
Longer staff retention plays an important part in our relational roles as FGH parents. We will continue to encourage each other to stay longer for the purpose of getting to know our students better and we’ll continue to
attempt to connect with parents.
We have been aspiring to maintain good and healthy working relationships. Our heart to heart session during
the term continued to keep us on track and have been simple and confidential. We endeavour to share first
hand information on what is going on in the lives of our students and we try to keep each other well informed.
We have confirmed information from parents Meaghan and Pisa *FGH 1+, Nadine and Dunstan *FGH 4+ and
Sheree and Mohu *FGH 6+ that each family would be welcoming the birth of their bundle of joy from next term
and on to the fourth term of this year. All have applied for their maternity leave and will be absent from their
services to our students when their time is due respectively. Important to announce here is the fact that students are observing husband and wife relationship and how children are raised by their own FGH parents.
Mr Kameli Ravula and his wife Titilia have arrived to replace their son Pisa and wife Meaghan as they go on maternity/paternity leave. The senior Ravulas are our next FGH parents for the new boarding house awaiting
opening. They will help us provide the much-needed replacements to the families who are going on leave as
cited above. On a voluntary basis, both are present well before their starting date on 14 June, 2014 to familiarise themselves with how to run a FGH and to get to know the students better.
May we all have a joyful and much needed
break with our loved ones. I pray that our
Lord continues to shower us all with his blessings.
Vinaka vakalevu!
Solomone Radaniva
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Family Group Homes
Term two has been another great term in FGH 1. We
had higher numbers and more regular attendances
with the students in our house this term, which is excellent to see!
We have continued on with our general house rules
and house duties throughout the term, and it has been
encouraging to see the Senior Young Men within our
care, rising up and taking more initiative within these
areas. We have also continued sharing our favorite part
of the day around the dinner table every night, which
we feel is a great way to bring us all together at the
end of a day, and it also encourages positive thinking
and confidence building.
Our highlight of the term has been the new life skills
program that was put together by the new Life skills
committee. From the start of the term, we worked with
the students in our house to put together a stall for a
Mini Fete that we ran in week 6. The goal was set out
from week 1 and it was to raise money to buy some
extra things the students would like for our house. We
were allocated the ‘Games Stall’, and for the six weeks
in the lead up to the Fete, we all worked towards our
group goal, with the students learning new skills and
gaining new confidences to step out of their comfort
zones. It was really encouraging to see all our students
getting involved and we were so proud of them for all
they achieved and accomplished in the lead up and on
the night of the Mini Fete! It was a great success!
We have a new member of our family due in July and
we will be returning from leave with our new little baby bundle in week 5 of next term. Until then, we are
leaving our Family Group Home in the capable hands of
Pisa’s parents, Kameli and Titilia Ravula.
We are looking forward to returning to another challenging and exciting semester two of 2014.
Apisalome, Meaghan, Talei, Maikeli and Baby #3!
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Family Group Homes
Term 2, 2012
Term two was an interesting term for FGH 3. We had
some old boys move back and others return as well as
welcoming new ones. The new students fitted in well
and the old ones picked up from when they left. In having a mixture of senior and middle school students, the
dynamics are quite different but are very exciting.
As much as the older ones love to just chill and watch
television, the younger ones love to go out and try
hunting wild animals. On one of our trips, we caught a
possum and a wallaby which the boys cooked over the
fire and Akanisi had her first taste of wallaby meat. The
boys are more used to the routines and structures and
it’s always good seeing them participating during footy
training and having a swim at the creek which they really love. We celebrated a lot of birthdays but the highlight was celebrating Akanisi’s 65th which was a surprise party. Thanks to Liti, Sai and the boys for organizing a cake.
We started with the new FGH Life skills program in targeting the students’ holistic life. The boys had to research and come up with ideas of what they want in
the house. They had to get prices of products and work
out money to raise during a fete that was organized.
The students participated so well in selling, organising
drinks and handling money.
We’ve also had Liti come in to help out at times and
the boys respond well to her. We have had a busy, exciting term and we’re pleased with the boys’ attendance throughout the whole term.
We hope the boys have a fun filled and safe bush holidays and look forward to hearing stories from them
when we see them next term.
Mana
Isoa and Akanisi
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Family Group Homes
Home Life: By Kathleen Cunningham
This term we have had a smaller number of girls due to personal and ceremonial commitments. We have enjoyed seeing the commitment from the
girls who have been able to come and watch the way they have been dedicated to achieving well in both the academic and sporting areas of school
life. We are very proud of our girls and their achievements and hope they
feel proud of themselves too. We hope the bush holidays is a time of fun
and relaxation for all and you enjoy the time with your children. Looking
forward to seeing you all back next term.
This term in FGH4 it has been a hard term because we had footy going on and there’s not
many girls turning up to school because family
have passed away. There are a lot of students
not coming back to school. In FGH4 we get up
in the morning for breakfast and have our cereal. Some of us like to save our juice in the freezer so when we finish school our ice cups are
ready.
Dunstan, Nadine & Gup Gup
Term 2 Life skills report: By Dellarosa Puruntatameri
In life skills we did cooking, baking and sewing. Most of the semester we
clean our rooms. We also had a mini fete we had to get ready for three/
four weeks earlier. The goal our house set and is looking forward to buying
is speakers. The favourite part of life skills is cleaning our rooms and
make sure we have it neat for visitors when they come to visit.
Mini Fete: By Freda Puruntatameri
What did you enjoy about the mini fete?
People coming to our stall to buy the salty plum and sour strap bags.
What was your favourite thing to do?
Changing money for people when they bought things from our stall.
What were some ways you girls helped prepare for the mini fete?
Baking muffins and rainbow cookies. We made signs, sewed aprons and
made price tags and made announcements at assembly.
What are you looking forward to for next term’s mini fete?
Making more money to buy new speakers.
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Family Group Homes
Term 2, 2012
We would like to share with you some of the highlights of term two.
At the beginning of the term we had 10 boys altogether. During the
term a few of our boys said goodbye as they moved up to FGH 3,
however this made way for two new boys who came and joined us
in week 6 and 7. Overall the term went smoothly and our boys have
all done very well. A key highlight was the school mini Fete held in
week 6. Over the term life skills has been devoted to organising and
preparing for the fete. The boys worked really hard and well together to run the sausage sizzle store, making a nice little sum of money
which will go towards a purchase of their choice for the home. Well
done to all the boys for their work and effort to make this a success.
There were a few times during the term when things got a bit tough
and challenging for us as house parents but as we look back we have
seen some big positive changes in a few of the boys and we are looking forward to these positive changes continuing into next term.
We wish everyone a very safe and happy bush holiday. We pray that
God will continue to lead, guide and protect students during this holiday break, and that staff are safe during their travels whilst having a
good rest.
Tim & Mrs Vea Viola
Another busy and exciting term for FGH 6! Our home is bursting at the seams with 14 girls again this term. It’s
fantastic to see the girls returning term after term, week after week.
For our new life skills program this term, the girls ran a stall at our FGH mini fete selling sweets and cakes. FGH
6 set out to make enough profit to purchase some new outdoor furniture and hammocks. They all did a great
job on this and hopefully we can do even
better at the next one!
The girls have also been busy with their
football program this term. All their hard
work paid off and they walked away with
a grand final win for the third year in a
row. We are so proud of all our girls with
the effort & hard work they have been
putting into their sporting commitments.
We wish all our girls and their families a
fun, safe and relaxing break. We hope to
see you all back after the holidays ready
for term 3!
Mo, Sheree, Mele & bump #2
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Tiwi College News
Jennifer and Clancy celebrated their 20th Wedding Anniversary at Pickataramoor Creek on Wednesday, 18 June, 2014 by
renewing their vows at the end of semester Tiwi College Mass
in front of students, staff and family.
Clancy spoke about how they first met in 1988 at Wurrumiyanga when he saw her walking across the oval, it was like
watching a movie in slow motion and was love at first sight.
He also said that was when Jennifer reckons the nightmare
began!
They spoke about how their marriage has had its ups and
downs with a few fights thrown in, especially when Essendon
played the Cats. However, the trick to staying together was
commitment to each other and getting through the rough
times by sticking together and enjoying the many good times
that marriage can bring. Clancy also said that somewhere
there is a tree at Wurrumiyanga with the words 'Brian, Jennifer Clancy, Only True Love, Please Don't be jealous in the
year 1988, so lay off suckers'! Clancy was last spotted looking
for a Picka tree to update the message to 2014!
Both Jennifer and Clancy would like to thank the whole Pickataramoor Family for putting on a wonderful celebration.
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